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The winner of The CW’s “America’s Next Top Model” Cycle 8 is coming back to the Chicago area. She will be speaking and taking questions at an event hosted by Lambda Theta Alpha Latin Sorority, Inc. and the Northwestern University Office of Hispanic/Latino Student Affairs on Thursday, October 11. The event will be held at McCormick Auditorium in the Norris University Center on Northwestern’s Evanston campus.
Jaslene, who was born in Puerto Rico and raised in Chicago’s Humboldt Park neighborhood, was named the winner of the model search television show on May 16, 2007. It was her second time trying out for the competition; she made it to the semi-finals of Cycle 7 but was not chosen for the final cut. At that time she assured the show’s judges that she would return, saying “I’m not giving up.” She returned the following year to become the first full Latina winner of the show. During and since her appearance on the show, she has upheld her pride in her Latina heritage and inspired a generation of young women to believe in themselves.
Jaslene has reached amazing levels of success since winning “America’s Next Top Model.” She is represented by Elite Model Management and has a contract with Cover Girl Cosmetics, and has been on the covers of Seventeen, Latina, Hombre and Urban Latino magazines. She was also “La Madrina” of the New York Puerto Rican Day Parade and has appeared on several talk shows, including The View, TRL, and 106 & Park.
The event is part of Northwestern University’s Hispanic Heritage Celebration 2007. It will also feature a presentation by Between Friends, a Chicago non-profit advocacy organization that works on behalf of victims of domestic violence. In recognition of Domestic Violence Awareness Month, the Beta Psi Chapter of Lambda Theta Alpha will be collecting donations at the door to benefit Between Friends and the wonderful work they do to support the thousands of women and children affected by domestic violence.
The ladies of Lambda Theta Alpha Latin Sorority, Inc., along with the Northwestern
University Office of Hispanic/Latino Student Affairs, are proud to bring Jaslene back to her hometown of Chicago and to Northwestern. The Northwestern community will truly benefit of her experience and status as an inspirational role model for Latinas and young women everywhere.
For more information or a sample copy, please contact Sarah Butler, Chapter President of Lambda Theta Alpha Latin Sorority, Inc. Beta Psi Chapter at (917) 837-2718 or s-butler-2@northwestern.edu, and visit the Lambda Theta Alpha Beta Psi Chapter Website at www.lambdaladies.cjb.net and the Lambda Theta Alpha National Website at www.lambdalady.org.
Lambda Theta Alpha Latin Sorority, Inc. was founded in 1975 as the first Latina-based sorority in existence. Since 1975, it has grown to over 100 chapters across the U.S. and Puerto Rico. The sorority’s goals are scholarly excellence, political awareness, community involvement, and the empowerment of Latinas and the Universal Woman.
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